Cigar-cutter.



C. ASENDORF, JR.

CIGAR CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5. 1914.

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CIGAR-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1815.

App1ication filed. September 5, 1914. Serial No. 860,386.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, Cone AsENDoRF, Jr., a citizen of the United States,residing at Savannah, in the county of Chatham and tate of Georgia, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Cutters, of which thefollowing is a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple cigar cutterconsisting of few parts which can be cheaply manufactured and which canbe conveniently carried in the pocket and readily adapted for cuttingoff of the tips of cigars.

The invention contemplates, among other features, the provision of acigar cutter which will take up very little room in the pocket and whichis constructed and arranged so that it will not readily get out oforder. The cigar cutter, it will be understood, can be used alone orcan, if desirable, be used in connection with various forms of cigarlighters such as are well known and in common use on the market.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, constituting a part of this application, in whichsimilar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all theviews, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cigar cutter showing the same usedin connection with a lighter; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinalsectional view taken through the cigar lighter; Fig. 3 is a sectionalview taken on the line 38 in Fig. 2, looking in the di rection of thearrow; Fig. 4: is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 1-4 inFig. 3; Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken through a modifiedform of my device; Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view taken through areceptacle, such as a match box, showing the cutter device used inconnection therewith; and Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the match safeor receptacle and cutter.

Referring more particularly to the views, I disclose a lighter 10 whichmay be of any desired shape or construction and which resembles theusual gasolene lighters now generally used. A casing 11 is provided forconnection with a face of the lighter 10,

the edges of said casing preferably including lateral flanges 12,whereby the casing can be readily soldered or otherwise secured to theface of the lighter, as shown. A series of guides 13 are arranged in thecasing and mounted to slide therein is a blade 14 which is held insliding position in the casing by the guides, said blade being adaptedto project across an opening 15 in the face of the casing, A cup-16 lieswithin the casing, with the opening 15 constituting an entrance to thecup, said cup being substantially the shape ofthe tip of the cigar whichis to be cut and whereby, when the cigar is inserted in the opening 15,its inward movement will be limited by the cup so as to prevent too muchof the tip of the cigar being cut off.

A lug 17 is struck from a medial portion of the blade 1% and attachedthereto is one end of an expansible spring 18 having its other endsecured in a bead 19 struck inwardly from one end of the casing andwhich bead forms a recess 20 in which normally reposes a recessed handleor finger nail grip 21 formed with the blade 1 1 and projectinglaterally from its outer end, said handle having a plurality of slits22, whereby the finger ,nail can be readily engaged with the grip orhandle to actuate the blade against the action of the spring 18. A stoplug 23 is struck from the blade to engage the end of the casing at thehead 19 and limit the movement of the blade.

Now it will be apparent that when the device is not in use the body ofthe blade will lie within the casing 11 and thus the blade 14: willclose the opening 15 so as to prevent dust or dirt from entering thecasing or cup, and it will be further seen that when it is desired touse the device to cut off the tip of a cigar the blade is movedoutwardly against the action of the spring 18 by pulling on the handleor grip 21, after which the cigar is inserted through the opening 15 tohave an end thereof lie within the cup 16. The blade 14 is now releasedand owing to the action of the spring 18 the blade will be advancedacross the opening, thus cutting off the tip of the cigar.

In Fig. 5 I disclose a slightly modified form of my device, and in thisinstance instead of the expansible spring 18, I provide a contractilespring 2 1 which, acting upon the .blade, normally holds the blade in anopen position. In order, however, to secure the blade against the normalcontractile action of the spring 24:, I provide a fastener 25 preferablyconsisting of a plate secured to the casing and having a free lateralend 26 abutting against the grip or handle 21 to normally hold the bladein closed position, the said fastener 25 being preferably made of aspring-like metal. In this construction, when it is desired to use thedevice, the free end 26 of the fastener is first moved out of engagementwith the grip or handle, thus releasing the blade so that it will slidein the casing and uncover the opening, after which the cigar tip isinserted in the opening of the casing and the blade is thenmmed in thereverse direction to cut off the tip of the cigar. It will beparticularly notedthat when the device is not in use, the grip or handlewill lie in the recess 20 formed by the inwardly struck head 19, thusproviding a smooth surface so that the device will not catch upon theclothing or tear the pocket. It will also be noted that the deviceconsists of few and simple parts'and therefore can be cheaplymanufactured to accomplish the desired purpose.

Referring to Figs. 6 and 7 it will be seen that instead of the lighter10 I can also employ a match safe or receptacle 10, of any desiredconstruction, which is provided with a partition 10 forming the casing11 which contains the cigar cutter 4:, it being readily seen that theconstruction of the cigar cutter proper and its arrangement with respectto the receptacle is somewhat similar to and identical with thestructure shown in Fig. 2, except that in the structure shown in Fig.2,there is employed a cigar lighter, whereas in the construction shown inFigs. 6 and 7 the lighter is dispensed with and a receptacle or matchsafe is substituted therefor.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim:

1. In a device of the character described, a casing having an openingtherein, a cup in the casing and having the opening communicatingtherewith, a blade, guides in the casing, said blade having slidingengagement with the guides whereby the blade can be moved acrosstheopening in the casing, an exterior handle formed at one end of theblade, and ahead on the casing and providing a recess at one endthereof, said recess normally receiving said handle when the blade isinclosed position.

2. In a device of the character described, a casing having an openingtherein, a cup in-the casing and having'the opening communicatingtherewith, a blade, guides in the casing, said blade having slidingengagement with the guides whereby the blade can be moved across theopening in the casing, an exterior handle formed at one end of theblade, bead on the casing and provid ing a recess at one end thereof,said recess normally receiving said handle when the bladeis in closedposition, and means for holding the blade in closed position in'thecasing. V I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CORD ASENDORF, JR. WVitnesses:

SrP. Sononeoon, D. H. BYTT-IEWOOD.

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Washington, D. (3.

